COX et al. 1998 consider Chitra chitra as a valid species although it might be treated as subspecies of Chitra indica. ENGSTROM et al. (2002) suggest that the single species currently recognized in this genus (Chitra indica) actually represents three species. Synonymy mostly after MCCORD & PRITCHARD 2002.Length: up to 115 cm (carapace)

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Gray, J.E. 1844. Catalogue of Tortoises, Crocodilians, and Amphisbaenians in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. viii + 80 p. - get paper here

McCord, William P. and Peter C. H. Pritchard 2003. A review of the softshell turtles of the genus Chitra, with the description of new taxa from Myanmar and Indonesia (Java). Hamadryad 27 (1):11-56 [2002] - get paper here